High Fashion Maternity Fashion Design Illustration and Model Drawing At the bottom of this page you’ll find some pregnant models to practice sketching from. Deeper in the post, you’ll find a croquis template for sketching flats and fashion designs for your pregnant fashion model! I’m going to give you a little mother’s day gift today: …
How do you breathe more LIFE and MOVEMENT into your fashion illustrations? Everybody asks “how do I get the stiffness out of my drawings?”. I’ve got 10 FABULOUS TIPS for you today. Let me know in the comments below if you have any paradigm shifts or fresh results from working through this list! I’m definitely …
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Why would you want to study in an ONLINE Fashion School??? FREEDOM!!!!!!!! Self-directed learning! Pacing yourself. Flexibility. Enjoyment. Discovery. Depth, and direction. No need to conform. No student loans. No COMMUTE!… In 2008 I was asked to create a fully online version of a fashion design studio course that I had been teaching on campus for years …
Illustrating fashion designs in gouache: Do YOU GET NERVOUS approaching the blank page? That’s normal. I thought I’d share a few photos step by step of myself illustrating fashion design from a photo/model/dress/design/fabric that I just loved by KachiDesigns, (who I discovered through AfricaFashionWeek (AFW) and follow on Instagram). My remedy for “blank page freeze-up” is …
OBSERVATIONAL DRAWING I don’t like to make any strict rules about things when I teach or learn or live. But I do think the best way to learn to draw fashion is by drawing what you see/ drawing from observation Yet I’m an idealist Virgo who is most creative when I know what the rules …
( go deeper! –MODEL MAGIC ONLINE MODEL DRAWING BOOTCAMP SIGNUP CLICK HERE–) Today: 7 key tipsOde to the pencil for fashion design and illustration: psssss…JOIN MODEL MAGIC ONLINE BOOTCAMP NOW ENROLLMENT IS OPEN Yes! I love those felt tip pens! Oh, the china marker! Charcoal! Colored pencils! Watercolor pencils! Design markers, felt-tip india ink, calligraphic …
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Fashion Illustration: Presentation WHAT’S IT ALL FOR?– depends on the project. Hopefully, all of your fashion design drawing presentations are guided by love to serve the greater good. But every project you do has a particular and unique angle. SO, What is the purpose of the project you are working on? Clarify this purpose and …
Fashion Art Supplies for Illustration and Design Do you have what you need in your kit? Sometimes we’re giving to others, sometimes to ourselves, but here are some of my forever favorite supplies for designing and illustrating. All of the products are clickable links! I’ve posted several times about supplies, but what can I say? You …
Fashion Sketchbook: Adding Color to the Croquis Good day, TRIBE! Back to the Fashion Sketchbook!! How are we feeling? Another day, another fresh start to try new things, creating the life we dream of…. I’ve been reviewing the final layout and text for my BOOK!!!! I have to say that when I opened the file, …
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Easy to find Art Supplies for Fashion Illustration I think it’s really great to know what you are looking for and talking about when looking easy-to-find- art supplies for fashion illustration and design sketching. Quality ones. I’m going to show you what you will find if you go to a local art store (if you’re in the …
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Fashion Illustration Art Supplies!!! Grab your fashion illustration art supplies! Time to illustrate! It’s a new day…. one more opportunity to share your wonderfulness with everyone you come in contact with. Share your sunshine…giving is receiving. Let’s go get sketching. Today’s reminder is: TURN UP SOME GOOD TUNES WHEN YOU DRAW!!!! What I wanted to …
For those of you who read last week’s post about gouache fashion illustration, (“FOUR GOUACHE COLORS YOU CAN”T LIVE WITHOUT…..”) here is more on the subject. But in today’s sketch, the ensemble is ANYTHING BUT white!! Full of vibrant color, this piece was inspired by the Ndebele culture of South Africa. Here is another piece …
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